Data Analyst (6 months contract covering parental leave)
Online Education Services, Australia
Job Description
About Online Education Services (OES)
OES is made up of extraordinary people. Passionate, self-starters who get excited when they’re challenged to solve problems. Our vision is to be the world’s most impactful enabler of online education. We create, develop and enable immersive learning experiences in partnership with universities all around the world to help students learn at their very best. In short, we create positive change in people’s lives every day. Not a bad day’s work.
We are a global business with over 1,300 employees. We carefully select the right mix of passionate people who want to make an impact, deliver best practice and lead change in the education industry. From your very first day we empower you to succeed.
When you work at OES, you’re empowered to impact.
If you want to join a vibrant, people focused culture that’s values led then keep reading.
Please note that this is a 6 months contract covering for parental leave.
The Data Analyst role is to support and enhance the student experience by provision of insights into student behaviour driven by analysis of internal and external data. Translate analytical findings into practical intervention strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Support the lead analyst to provide recommendations to the wider business through the use of data analysis techniques, e.g. predictive/prescriptive analytics or machine learning
- Support improvements to retention initiatives and student experience through the provision of insights or implementation of statistical models
- Conduct evaluation of retention initiatives to determine what impact they have on student performance metrics
- Establish relationships with key stakeholders to understand their analysis requirements; present results of analysis in an easy to interpret way using different data visualisation techniques
- Provision and maintenance of regular reporting in Tableau
- Ad-hoc analysis requests and data provision
- Supporting data integrity and reducing any inconsistencies in data
Requirements:
- Tertiary qualification in statistics, analytics, mathematics, computer science or related discipline
- Experience in a professional services or corporate environment in analytics, reporting or data engineering function
- Understanding of databases / SQL programming
- Strong numeracy, writing and presentation skills
- Ability to deliver high quality results and work within deadlines
Desirable Skills
- Exposure to data visualisation tools, Tableau preferred
- Python and / or R coding experience
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and articulate technical issues to non-technical audiences
- Experience in AWS services Redshift, Sagemaker, Comprehend, Athena etc.
As an employer, our values underpin everything we do; Agility and Innovation, Passion and Perseverance, Teamwork and Collaboration, and Integrity.
- Career-life balance; where a hybrid, flexible approach to work is offered
- Powered by diversity; We value different perspectives and ideas
- Commitment to investing in your growth and development
- You’re encouraged to be innovative amp; creative
- People focused culture; Our culture is built around collaboration and teamwork
Are you ready to make an impact?
At OES, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, where we encourage candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability and gender identity to apply. If you feel aligned to the role and would like to further explore your suitability, we welcome your application and would love to consider your fit for the role at OES.
Apply now with your updated CV.
At OES we are looking forward to connecting in person again through our 40/60 blended working model (40% from our Cremorne offices, 60% from home). As per the current Government regulations, we require that all employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption, and we will request proof of vaccination/medical exemption if you are successful in landing a position with us.